Most popular boys’ names in Alabama, 1941

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,404
2	William	1,283
3	John	1,206
4	Robert	1,171
5	Charles	1,089
6	Willie	932
7	Billy	679
8	Jerry	637
9	Bobby	511
10	George	507
11	Thomas	482
12	Jimmy	458
13	David	443
14	Joe	420
15	Donald	388
16	Edward	351
17	Joseph	339
18	Henry	329
19	Larry	312
20	Richard	291
21	Kenneth	278
22	Johnny	276
23	Walter	269
24	Harold	236
25	Frank	229

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roy	225
27	Eddie	219
28	Paul	212
29	Charlie	203
30	Clarence	199
31	Ronald	186
32	Jimmie	183
33	Arthur	182
34	Samuel	173
35	Albert	164
36	Howard	162
36	Raymond	162
38	Carl	159
39	Wayne	158
40	Tommy	153
41	Jesse	140
42	Gerald	138
43	Fred	137
44	Johnnie	136
45	Eugene	132
46	Jack	131
47	Ralph	125
48	Leon	120
49	Marvin	113
50	Melvin	108
51	Earl	107
52	Leroy	105
52	Michael	105
54	Cecil	103
55	Curtis	100
55	Franklin	100
57	Lee	98
58	Ernest	97
59	Don	96
60	Jessie	92
61	Gary	89
62	Jackie	88
63	Ray	84
64	Earnest	82
64	Gene	82
66	Roosevelt	80
67	Douglas	79
67	Sam	79
69	Terry	76
70	Louis	75
71	Alfred	74
71	Herman	74
71	Norman	74
74	Andrew	73
75	Phillip	72
76	Nathaniel	71
77	Freddie	70
77	Lewis	70
79	Clyde	69
79	Horace	69
81	Bennie	67
82	Daniel	66
82	Floyd	66
84	Lawrence	65
85	Alvin	64
85	Harry	64
85	Tommie	64
88	Allen	62
89	Leonard	61
90	Claude	60
91	Herbert	59
92	Milton	58
92	Oscar	58
92	Wallace	58
95	Glenn	57
95	Ronnie	57
97	Bill	56
97	Grady	56
97	Roger	56
97	Wendell	56